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In less than a year, surfing will make its Olympic debut. The appeal of Tokyo 2020 coupled with the high likelihood of further Olympic inclusion in 2024 and 2028 has given cause for the Oceania Surfing Federation to be
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The World Surf League has confirmed the championship tour locations for 2018 and Cloudbreak isn’t on that list. This will be an interesting year but nonetheless the FSA welcomes the challenges & rewards that come with it.
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This years AGM concluded with a brand new committee voted in by the local board rider clubs. FSA is proud to announce Carl Probert as President, Hannah Bennett as Vice President, Andy Eames as Secretary, and finally Andrew Foran
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8th October, 2017 – by Ian Portingale, Fiji National Head Coach. We arrived in Fukuoka International Airport, Japan on the evening of the 18th September after travelling all day. It took a further 4hrs of driving to reach
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This course was a massive opportunity to improve the standard of Surf Coaching in our region and provide our surfers with the most up to date surf coaching methodology. It was also noteworthy for being the first IOC funded
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One of the oldest Surf Clubs in Fiji – Vodo Ua Boardriders Club did not waste any time kick starting 2017 into gear with a 3 day Surf Camp based at Fiji Surf Co’s HQ warehouse on Sonaisali Beach, Nadi. Led by
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Sat 10th June, 2017. The Vunaniu Boardriders Club got a very special opportunity today to have a specialised training program with the WSL (World Surfing League) physiotherapist on tour Dr Chris Prosser… he offered our team
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Cloudbreak 3rd May, 2017 Conditions were testy in the Cloudbreak sponsored Fiji Pro Wildcard Trials 2017. Surfers contended with 4’ – 6’ swells for this most prestigious event on the Fiji Surfing Association annual
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The Fiji Surfing Association will now have the opportunity to reach out to communities around the country to teach and grow the sport of surfing. Niranjans Autoport Limited has given Fiji Surfing a Suzuki fully loaded car
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26th March, 2017 The Powerade Junior Pro presented by Cloudbreak surfing competition ended on a high note this afternoon at the Sigatoka sand dunes, seeing Fiji’s young and upcoming surfers showing some competitive form over
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The 2017 DRUKU MEMORIAL OPEN surfing competition was held Saturday 25th February at Cloudbreak, Tavarua. Cloudbreak is a world-class surf break, which attracts thousands of surfers from around the world. The Druku Memorial at
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Australia hangs onto lead in team standings, France looks for first team Gold Fiji’s premiere wave, Cloudbreak, woke up from a slumber and greeted the world’s best SUP surfers with a massive swell on the penultimate
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Denmark’s Casper Steinfath earns third Gold Medal in epic race at Cloudbreak; Australia’s Harriet Brown and Matt Poole, New Zealand’s Penelope Armstrong, win Gold Medals in respective divisions Four World Champions were
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The 2016 Fiji ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship was officially declared open at Port Denarau, Fiji, marking making it the first-ever ISA World Championship in Fiji. ISA President Fernando Aguerre officially declared
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The inaugural Powerade Junior Pro presented by Cloudbreak has been an awesome surfing event in Fiji. Competitors travelled fro Samoa, Vanuatu, New Zealand and Australia to be part of this historic event. They contested the 18 and
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A short teaser of the Cloudbreak Fiji Pro Wildcard Trials 2016 video coming out later this year…
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(Tavarua, Viti Levu – May 8, 2016) The best Fijian surfers converged at the world class surf destination, Cloudbreak, over the weekend for the 2016 Cloudbreak Fiji Pro Wildcard Trials surf competition. Twelve surfers, from 17
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Fiji. the name alone can cause any surfer to have visions of perfect weather, friendly smiles and some of the most perfect waves on earth. For 23 year old Hannah Bennett, it’s home. “ We travelled a lot growing up, but Rotuma
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La Jolla, California, March 17, 2016 – The International Surfing Association (ISA) has today confirmed that the 2016 ISA World StandUp Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboard Championship will be hosted in Fiji – the first time
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Date : November 15th, 2015 The opportunity for this trip came about through FSA’s work with Surf Lifesaving Australia & drowning prevention in Fiji dating back to October 2011. The invitation came from RNLI – Royal
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Our Elite Youth coaching trip to the Sunshine Coast, Australia was a week of intense training, surfing plus a trip to visit crocodiles at Steven Irwin’s Zoo. The trip showed us that some serious skills and talent is required to
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Another milestone was reached in Fiji when local surf industry personality & entrepreneur Ian Muller announced he had set up an enterprise to shape, finish & retail surfboards from his base just outside of Nadi town. Ian
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Embrace surfing, it is the enduring path to life’s fulfilment! Whether it is simply the immersing of oneself in sea water’s negative ions or the thrill of the drop, the pleasure of surfing is a composite of experience. After
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By Phil Wright In 1993, I applied for the position of Senior Engineer Sewerage Design , Fiji PWD. At the interview they commented on my interests – surfing and windsurfing. “There is windsurfing but no surfing in Fiji”,
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Back in the good ole days, surfing in Fiji was relatively unknown both as a sport and as a concept. There was a spirited group of young locals surfing Lighthouse Reef. Some pioneers surfing Frigates Passage. The Americans had
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Fiji is internationally recognized for its world-class beaches and surf breaks but the involvement of Fijians themselves in water based activities is of a very low percentage. The Fiji Surf Association looks to increase the
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Taveuni, a surfing secret spot. The island of Taveuni, Fiji’s third larges island offering beauty wherever you look. With some of the worlds best diving, fish and high land walks Taveuni is a place to be not over looked,
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With just under 60 kids making their way to Natadola beach on Saturday the 18th of October to take part in the first Fiji Surfing Association’s Grom Search Surfing Compeition. The FSA Grom Search surfing competition has been
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Upon arriving at Aganoa surf resort on the island of Savai’i, the ocean mist was thick in the air and the peaking swell thumped the reef. The waves were firing! Without hesitation, I jumped out of the van and quickly
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The Cloudbreak Fiji Surfing Team was welcomed home this week after performing well at the Melanesian Cup held on the island of Savai’i in Samoa earlier this week. Despite some tricky weather conditions the squad, consisting of
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After Fiji hosting last years Melanesian Cup at the world famous break of Cloudbreak in December it was then that the Samoan Surf Riders put up their hand to host the 2014 Melanesian Cup. Competition is due to be held at Aganoa
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Isei Tokovou from Papeete – FSA President Isei Tokovou travelled to French Polynesia recently with the kind support of the Fiji National Sports Commission. His mission there was to study the Tahitian surfing development program, as well as their capacity in hosting the ASP world title event. He arrived for the last two days of competition in the Billabong Tahiti Pro & stayed on for a weekend to have meetings with Philippe Klima – the Federation Tahitienne de Surf President and their technical trainer, Pascal Luciani.
There were discussions about the Tahitian Water Patrol & the suggestion that they could come over and conduct training for the Fijian jet ski team, just as the Hawaiian’s did ten years ago for the Tahitians. Tahiti was also amenable to the Fijians coming over to compete in local Tahitian competitions including the Tahiti Pro Trials.
Said Isei, “I wish to thank very much Philippe Klima & Pascal Luciani of the Federation Tahitienne de Surf. The Tahitian people and the other volunteers of the Federation opened their hearts and their houses to me during my visit. Solidarity & mutual pathways for Fijian and Tahitian surfing are strong, & logical for the further development of surfing in Oceania – of this I am proud to be a part of.”
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In February this year, President John Philp travelled to ISA headquarters in San Diego and met today with President Fernando Aguerre and Director General – Bob Mignogna to discuss wide ranging issues including the challenge of
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The Fiji Surfing Association would like to thank all those who attended the FSA Barefoot Black Tie charity dinner hosted by Vuda Marina on the weekend. Just over 100 finely dressed guests attended this inaugural and hugely
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Waverider, the film, is about Isei and his hopes and dreams of winning. But Isei’s story is set to continue long after the Volcom Fiji Pro of 2012 is assigned to the archives. Isei has ambitions of developing the Fijian surf
